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רעב

Strong’s: H7456

Associated OET lemmas: רָעֵב

Authors: Steve Berneking

Form 1

Part of speech: vb

Related lemmas: רָעָב · רָעֵב · רְעָבֹון

Sense 1: to be hungry, to starve

Semantic domains: Hunger (002004001001002)

Core domains: Body (019); Food (069); Famine (063); Well-Being (196)

Definition: = to be in a state of wanting or needing food, but having little to no access to food

Forms: vbqal-

GEN 41:55: RV GEN 41:55 · LV GEN 41:55 · Read together GEN 41:55

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OET-RV GEN 41:55

55 All the land of Mitsrayim became famished, and the people cried to the king for food, so Par’oh (Pharaoh) said to all the Mitsrim (Egyptians), “Go to Yosef and do whatever he tells you.”

OET-LV GEN 41:55

55 And_ all _of the _land _of Miʦrayim _it _was _hungry and_ the_people _it _cried _out to Parˊoh for_food and_ Parˊoh _he/it _said to/from_all/each/any/every Miʦrayim/(Egypt) go to Yōşēf that_which he _will _say to/for_you(pl) you(pl)_will _do.

PSA 34:11: RV PSA 34:10 · LV PSA 34:11 · Read together PSA 34:10

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OET-RV PSA 34:10

10 Young lions sometimes lack food and go hungry,
⇔ but those who put their trust in Yahweh won’t lack anything good.

OET-LV PSA 34:11

11  Young _lions they _are _in _want and_they _are _hungry and_those _who_seek _of (of)_YHWH not they _lack any _of good_thing.

All 11 recorded passages for this sense

GEN: RV GEN 41:55 · LV GEN 41:55 · Read together GEN 41:55

PSA: RV PSA 34:10 · RV PSA 50:12 · LV PSA 34:11 · LV PSA 50:12 · Read together PSA 34:10 · Read together PSA 50:12

PRO: RV PRO 6:30 · RV PRO 19:15 · LV PRO 6:30 · LV PRO 19:15 · Read together PRO 6:30 · Read together PRO 19:15

ISA: RV ISA 8:21 · RV ISA 9:20 · RV ISA 44:12 · RV ISA 49:10 · RV ISA 65:13 · LV ISA 8:21 · LV ISA 9:19 · LV ISA 44:12 · LV ISA 49:10 · LV ISA 65:13 · Read together ISA 8:21 · Read together ISA 9:20 · Read together ISA 44:12 · Read together ISA 49:10 · Read together ISA 65:13

JER: RV JER 42:14 · LV JER 42:14 · Read together JER 42:14

Sense 2: to cause hunger, to let (one) go hungry

Semantic domains: Hunger (002004001001002)

Core domains: Body (019); Food (069); Famine (063); Well-Being (196)

Definition: = causative action by which a person is kept from having access to food

Forms: vbhif-

DEU 8:3: RV DEU 8:3 · LV DEU 8:3 · Read together DEU 8:3

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OET-RV DEU 8:3

3 He humbled you by making you hungry and feeding you some stuff that neither you nor your ancestors had heard of, in order to teach you that people don’t just need food, but can only properly live by following what Yahweh says.

OET-LV DEU 8:3

3 And_he_humbled _you and_he_allowed _you _to _hunger and_he_caused _you _to _eat DOM the_manna which not you _had _known and_not they_had _known ancestors _of_your so _as to_make _you _know if/because _that not on the_bread for_him/it_being _alone the_humankind he _lives if/because on every _of (the)_utterance _of the _mouth _of YHWH the_humankind he _lives.

PRO 10:3: RV PRO 10:3 · LV PRO 10:3 · Read together PRO 10:3

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OET-RV PRO 10:3

3 Yahweh doesn’t allow those who do the right thing to go hungry,
⇔ ^ but he rejects those who are wicked.

OET-LV PRO 10:3

3 Not YHWH he _allows _to _hunger the_appetite _of the_righteous and_the_desire _of wicked_people he _rejects.